Re: Windows update stalls on 98SE

X-Posted to Windows Update newsgroup.

1. To assure a clean, troublefree install of anything (including Windows
Updates), your anti-virus application should be disabled and all other
running processes closed (e.g., IE, mail client, Office) before beginning
the install. See if temporarily disabling your AV app (and/or firewall;
CAREFUL!) helps at all.

2. Try reinstalling Windows 5.6 Scripting Engine
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ist/webdev.asp

3. The V4 Troubleshooter addresses the problem in two sections:

Download stops or freezes. The Windows Update - Web Page Dialog window
appears but download never starts

Download hangs. The Windows Update - Web Page Dialog window appears but
download never starts (Windows 98)

See http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/troubleshoot/
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security

Col.Steve Austin Ret. wrote:
> I've always kept up with windows update untill recently. Now
> the whole process LOOKS like it's going to work, ...detecting
> what updates are available etc..
> (currently there are 4 'critical updates' and 40some
> 'recommended' (mostly language packs I don't need)
>
> I go to 'review and install updates and click 'install now' the
> download progress dialog pops up and that's where the process
> stops dead.
>
> I've left it sitting there over night a couple times just to see
> if it was for some reason being REALLY slow, but nothing. When
> this started there was only 1 critical update, now there are
> four (as of 7/13/05)
>
> I've checked security settings and made sure that
> http://*.windowsupdate.microsoft.com
> http://*.windowsupdate.com
>
> are listed in the trusted sites
> Active X and scripting options are enabled when using windows
> update
> (I turn them off the rest of the time)
>
> I've spent a bunch of time searching KB but haven't hit anything
> yet.
>
> Does anybody have a solution that doesn't involve re-installing
> windows?
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